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Lisa Kudrow -Phoebe

For her performance as the spacey but lovable Phoebe Buffay, Lisa Kudrow has earned two Emmy Award nominations (1994-95, 1996-97) for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also has received Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and American Comedy Award nominations.

Kudrow graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY with a B.S. degree in Biology. Intending to
pursue a career in research, she returned to Los Angeles and began working with her father,
a World-renowned headache specialist. In all likelihood, Kudrow would be a researcher today if she had not been inspired to perform by one of her brother's friends, actor/comedian Jon Lovitz.

Kudrow began studying with Cynthia Szigeti, a well-known improvisation teacher based in Los Angeles. In that class, she met and became close friends with then-unknown Conan O'Brien.

In 1989, her dream of becoming a performer became a reality when she was accepted as a member of the famed
Los Angeles improv group, The Groundlings. A recurring role as Ursula, the ditzy waitress on the comedy series "Mad About You," led to Kudrow's starring role on "Friends."

Kudrow has had success on the big screen too. Most recently, she starred in the hit comedy "Romy & Michele's
High School Reunion" with Mira Sorvino. Before that, she co-starred in Albert Brooks' comedy "Mother." She
has a starring role in the upcoming film "Clockwatchers" with Toni Collette ("Muriel's Wedding") and during
this summer's hiatus from "Friends,"
Kudrow starred with Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan and Lyle Lovett in "The Opposite Sex."